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Technical Debt Reduction

Technical Debt Reduction is a software engineering practice that systematically identifies, prioritizes, and mitigates accumulated technical compromises in codebases through targeted refactoring and process improvements to enhance maintainability, quality, and long-term development efficiency.

168

Publications

8.3K

Citations

391

Authors

184

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

104

Variants

Technical Debt Repayment

Parents

Publications

168

Technical Debt: From Metaphor to Theory and Practice

Philippe Kruchten, Robert L. Nord, İpek Özkaya · IEEE Software · 2012 · 691 citations

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Piranha

Luiz André Barroso, Kourosh Gharachorloo, Robert McNamara et al. · 2000 · 520 citations · Full text

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An exploration of technical debt

Edith Tom, Aybüke Aurum, Richard Vidgen · Journal of Systems and Software · 2013 · 439 citations

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Identification and management of technical debt: A systematic mapping study

Nicolli S.R. Alves, Thiago Souto Mendes, Manoel Mendonça et al. · Information and Software Technology · 2015 · 322 citations

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The ML test score: A rubric for ML production readiness and technical debt reduction

Eric Breck, Shanqing Cai, Eric Nielsen et al. · 2017 · 256 citations

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Authors

391

  1. CS
    Carolyn Seaman

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States

    18 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

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  2. RS
    Rodrigo Spínola

    Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

    15

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  3. MM
    Manoel Mendonça

    Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

    11 publications · 826 citations

    12

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  4. NR
    Nicolli Rios

    Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

    12 publications · 529 citations

    12

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  5. CI
    Clemente Izurieta

    Montana State University, United States

    9 publications · 174 citations

    9

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Institutions

184

  1. Universidade Federal da Bahia

    Salvador, Brazil

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    Baltimore, United States

    12 h-index

    13 publications

    965 citations

  3. Universidade Salvador

    Salvador, Brazil

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Montana State University

    Bozeman, United States

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    345 citations

  5. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    932 citations

  6. University of Macedonia

    Thessaloniki, Greece

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Software Engineering Institute

    Pittsburgh, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Systems and Software

    JSS · 15 publications · 1K citations

    15

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  2. Information and Software Technology

    10 publications · 1K citations

    11

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  3. IEEE Software

    8 publications · 887 citations

    8

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  4. Empirical Software Engineering

    5 publications · 293 citations

    6

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  5. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

    TSE · 4 publications · 138 citations

    4

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